Companies strengthen long-standing successful relationship to create smart, connected solutions
ABB has entered into a global partnership with Accenture for the development of digital solutions. The collaboration will build on ABB's experience in digitized processes for transforming industries and Accenture's Information and Operating Technologies (IT / OT) architecture and software development capabilities across all sectors. Accenture has been an ABB partner supplier for many years in software development and application management.
With approximately 45,000 qualified Microsoft software developers worldwide, having delivered 35,000 projects based on Microsoft technologies to more than 12,000 customers over the past 20 years, Accenture will be a strong development partner for ABB Ability ™ solutions. Accenture's strong focus on Internet of Things (IOT) technologies and ABB's deep understanding of its customers' digital solutions needs allow the two companies to collaborate at the expert level.
"Accenture has been a trusted software development partner for the past few years and has helped us create valuable digital solutions that we market to our customers," said Bernd Heisterkamp, digital leader in the Motion business area at ABB. “We will focus on advanced condition monitoring services to prevent machines from stopping through predictive maintenance solutions and shop floor automation to further increase plant efficiency.”
"Accenture's deep ties with Microsoft and specifically with Azure technologies will help us further accelerate our customers' digital transformation journeys," said Erika Velazquez, digital ecosystem manager for ABB's Electrification business area. "In addition, the combination of Accenture's vast experience in digital transformation of commercial and industrial customers with ABB's leading electrification solutions for energy, asset and building management, opens up new perspectives for both partners to offer more comprehensive solutions to ABB's customers. ABB ".
“With the help of Accenture Labs worldwide, Accenture will support ABB and its Ability ™ customer experience centers to design, prototype and provide solutions that generate new competitive advantages and strategically impact ABB customers”, said René Wiedemann, managing director and ABB account leader at Accenture. "As industrial companies seek to improve their production and operations processes, many look to ABB for digitally enabled products and services to support them."
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